CTDOT has provided the below two week lookahead for the Roundabouts project. Please use caution when traveling through this area as there is a lot of activity and upcoming traffic pattern shifts happening at the Southern Roundabout.
UPDATE 2/17/25:
Northern Roundabout: The work will be behind the barrier on the retaining wall which won’t impede traffic too often. The main traffic impacts would be truck traffic entering and exiting the site for material and equipment deliveries. There may also be quick traffic stoppages for work activities.
Southern Roundabout: Majority of the work will be behind the barrier associated with existing bridge demolition and not impeding traffic. Please anticipate random days/times of alternating one-way traffic through the roundabout to facilitate truck traffic
UPDATE 1/22/25:
Northern Roundabout: The work will be behind the barrier on the retaining wall which won’t impede traffic too often. The main traffic impacts would be truck traffic entering and exiting the site for material and equipment deliveries. There may also be quick traffic stoppages for work activities.
Southern Roundabout: Majority of the work will be behind the barrier associated with existing bridge demolition and not impeding traffic. Please anticipate random days/times of alternating one-way traffic through the roundabout to facilitate truck traffic. Please also note that there will be continued utility work through the roundabout area until all the cabling has been shifted from the Temporary Poles to the Final Configuration. Drivers can expect times of alternating one-way traffic facilitated by the utility companies until this work is completed.
UPDATE 11/26/24 at 7:24pm:
Please be advised that tomorrow's scheduled paving has been cancelled. There will be no paving and no traffic impacts in Tylerville tomorrow.
CTDOT and Richards had intended to pave 2 inches to provide a sufficient surface for the winter maintenance operations. They now intend to place a wedge course around the truck apron at the southern roundabout and reset the basins to provide a sufficient surface for winter maintenance operations.
This work will be completed next week so please expect traffic delays during daytime operations.
UPDATE 11/26/24 at 2:17pm:
Please be advised that the contractor will be paving the Southern Roundabout tomorrow, Wednesday, November 27th in order to complete some final touches and improve safety before the winter season sets in. If you are traveling through this area tomorrow between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., please give yourself extra time as there will be alternating one way traffic with expected traffic delays.
UPDATE 11/5/24:
Starting late tonight (Tuesday, 11/5) or early tomorrow morning (Wednesday, 11/6) the roundabout at the Route 82 connector to Route 9 will be open for use by all traffic. NOTE THERE WILL BE NO STOP SIGNS FOR TRAFFIC ENTERING THE ROUNDABOUT FROM ANY DIRECTION.
There will still be unpaved sections of Route 154 (Saybrook Road) approaching the roundabout from both the north and south directions.
Please stay alert and use caution when traveling in the construction area.
UPDATE 10/28/24:
A traffic shift to the new bridge and the new roadway alignment utilizing the southern roundabout is upcoming. Similar to the summer, there will be another 10-Day time period, where the travelling public can expect to be driving on Process Aggregate (Gravel) from approximately 10-28-24 through 11-8-24. There will be two portions of Route 154 that will begin Full Depth Reconstruction and the gravel roadway travel. The first portion is North of the Bridge, going from the entrance to the new trail parking area up until the current construction entrance. The second will be along Route 154 South of the Roundabout just North of the work done previously.
Please note that with these traffic shifts, the travelling public will begin utilizing portions of the Southern Roundabout.
The shift is proposed to be broken up into two phases: the first will keep a stop sign on Route 82 but the location will be moved to a location prior to the new roundabout (at the "S" curve out there now). Route 154 will travel around a portion of the South Roundabout flowing without a stop as they do now, Route 82 comes to the stop before the roundabout and makes their appropriate turn.
With the second shift, the roundabout will be complete and the travelling public will start "getting used to" the roundabout configuration.
Northern Roundabout
No work expected as all efforts are on the Southern Roundabout.
Southern Roundabout
- Lane Shift of Route 154 occurred Friday 8-31-24. - Completed
- Lane Shift of Route 82W & 82E Connector @ Route 154 occurred 9-23-24. - Completed
- Full Depth Reconstruction just north and south of the southern roundabout. This will be the portion traffic will be traveling along process aggregate. Majority (if not all) work to take place at night.
- Various daytime lane closures along Rte. 154/Rte. 82.
- The remaining traffic impacts would be truck traffic entering and exiting the site.
- Material/Equipment Deliveries
As stated, the contractor is not allowed to impact traffic within the following timeframe (within shifting stages):
Monday – Friday: 6:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Saturday – Sunday: 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
All traffic patterns and/or project work are subject to change as necessary. Construction of this nature requires flexibility as it requires the coordination of many sub-contractors and sequenced work.
